NYC LUNAR NEW YEAR SCROLL​COLLABORTIVE ART PROJECT​

Inspired by the renowned Qingming Shanghe Tu scroll of China, local students are invited tohelp create a NYC-style scroll, in conjunction with China's Central Academy of Fine Art.Learn more about the inspiring treasure and how YOUR artwork can be featured in the final version.

Our Inspiration

Along the River During the Qingming Festival, also known by its Chinese name as Qingming Shanghe Tu, is a painting by the Song dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145).It captures the daily life of the people and the landscape of the capital, Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng) during the Northern Song. Successive scenes reveal the lifestyle of all levels of the society from rich to poor as well as different economic activities in rural areas and the city, and offer glimpses of period clothing and architecture.The painting is considered to be the most renowned work among all Chinese paintings, and it has been called “China’s Mona Lisa.” (Wikipedia.org)

FUN FACTS

China’s most famous work of art

More than 800 years old

10 inches by over 17 feet long

814 humans, 60 animals

170 trees

30 buildings, 28 boats, 20 vehicles, 8 sedan chairs

​Section samples in detail

Our Goal

China’s renown Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) has created a base scroll mapping out NYC "geographically" from left to right and populating it with prominent NYC landmarks across all five boroughs.

Working with schools and educational organizations throughout the city, we have collected hundreds of student artworks - illustrations detailing "a piece of their NYC life" - which CAFA will collage onto the 40-foot-long NYC Lunar New Year Scroll on public display in the lobby of David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center on February 16.

DON'T MISS your chance to be part of this unique collaboration. Submit your artwork below!